Is the strategy of Urban Outfitters to expand despite issues within its women's apparel merchandise justified?

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3/16/12

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Is the strategy of Urban Outfitters to expand despite issues within its women's apparel merchandise justified?

In its Q4 earnings call, Urban Outfitters announced that it is focusing on store expansion as its strategy going ahead. This didn't bode well with the market expectations, as there wasn't much update on improving persistent issues within Urban's women's apparel merchandise. Analysts are of the opinion that this is more of a desperate move by the company to carry forward its top-line growth, rather than a solid strategy.
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Is the strategy of Urban Outfitters to expand despite issues within its women's apparel merchandise justified?
In its Q4 earnings call, Urban Outfitters announced that it is focusing on store expansion as its strategy going ahead. This didn't bode well with the market expectations, as there wasn't much update on improving persistent issues within Urban's women's apparel merchandise. Analysts are of the opinion that this is more of a desperate move by the company to carry forward its top-line growth, rather than a solid strategy.

Rising internet sales in 2011 holidays testifies the significance of e-commerce business for apparel retailers

Clipped from comscore.com using the Trefis clipping tool:RESTON, VA, November 23, 2011– comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 20 days of the November – December 2011 holiday season ... Read more
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Rising internet sales in 2011 holidays testifies the significance of e-commerce business for apparel retailers
Clipped from comscore.com using the Trefis clipping tool:
RESTON, VA, November 23, 2011&ndash; comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 20 days of the November &ndash; December 2011 holiday season ... Read more

MMO market is another fast booming market in video gaming industry. EA is looking to tap into it with its next MMOG Star Wars: The Old Republic releasing on December 20th

Clipped from iesherpa.com using the Trefis clipping tool:IHS Screen Digest released a new report outlining the MMO sector in North America and Europe. Here are some of the key data points: ... Read more

MMO market is another fast booming market in video gaming industry. EA is looking to tap into it with its next MMOG Star Wars: The Old Republic releasing on December 20th
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IHS Screen Digest&nbsp;released a new report outlining the MMO sector in North America and Europe. Here are some of the key data points: ... Read more

I Believe that revenues in console games will decrease with the new generation (Cost for producers will dramatically increase ).<br>As a customer i'll love to see an update in the EA "cash (net of debt)"... cause they don't seem to have that amount of cash , they invested a lot in recent years... Please name this stock EA! (The cash row and the name is outdated!)

Economic slowdown in China may hit hard luxury retailers like Ralph Lauren and Coach, which have sizable operations in world's second-largest economy.
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China's economic expansion slowed during the third quarter of the year as government measures to control inflation hurt growth.
China's economy grew by 9.1% in the three months to the end of September from a year earlier, down ... Read more

Social media is a big factor impacting brand marketing. Apparel retailers are actively maintaining their facebook stores because apart from strengthening brand identity, they also provide opportunity to do business in markets where apparel retailers don't even have a retail presence.

Clipped from blog.nielsen.com using the Trefis clipping tool:Consumers are spending more time than ever using social media, as demonstrated in the Social Media Report recently published by Nielsen and NM Incite, a Nielsen/McKinsey company. Building on this report, research by NM Incite helps uncover ... Read more

Social media is a big factor impacting brand marketing. Apparel retailers are actively maintaining their facebook stores because apart from strengthening brand identity, they also provide opportunity to do business in markets where apparel retailers don't even have a retail presence.
Clipped from blog.nielsen.com using the Trefis clipping tool:
Consumers are spending more time than ever using social media, as demonstrated in the Social Media Report recently published by Nielsen and NM Incite, a Nielsen/McKinsey company. Building on this report, research by NM Incite helps uncover ... Read more

Cotton prices impact the industry as a whole. Decreasing prices will cause all players in the industry to lower prices, it will not increase margins. ARO is being punished because the competitors are stealing market share and its response has been to lower prices.

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